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| The Yaga and Panda chapter in the manga hit me way too hard. I cried at that time. It was adapted pretty nicely, but definitely didn't hit as hard as it should've here. But, it is what it is. Every medium has its own strength. Yuji and Megumi went undercover to meet Hakari, and Yuji had to face Panda as his opponent. LOL. The fight was pretty cool and goofy and nicely animated. Hakari looks cool, and Kirara looks cute as well. Yuji acting goofy was hilarious. His conversation with Hakari was so hilarious, especially his trying to act like he didn't know who Gojo was. LMAO. Funny dude. He fumbled there at that moment. Pretty nice episode. Definitely setting up for the future episodes. Also, the soundtrack drops today. |
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| The itadori Panda fight was so crazy and such a departure from the more serious tone of Maki killing the Zenin lol. The fact that Hakari x Yuji convo was one of the most well animated scenes of the entire series is insane. So much detail into the characters movements and making them feel and look real |
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| That convo was so long haha, with that fixed camera angle, I thought that my video was broken for a sec |
| Kazuma Desu |
| wow i loved the direction of that entire last scene. holding the same shot for that extended period really makes the viewer feel the uncomfortable and awkward feelings that yuji has as he enters the room to deceive hakari. really well done, especially with the minor movements of the characters and the sound of the phone call |
But panda is not a panda 🐼😢😭 |
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| Yaga's gone now too eh. |
| Make Cursed Corpse like Panda feels like very inefficient. Make a army out of it, no way. Do some murder for it, sure. His father died, now Panda have to make a living. |
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| Damn I forgot Yaga's death was right after the Maki arc. Was a great guy. Panda's can cry too :) Hakari's also finally here. It's all about passion. I also just remembered the great stuff with him later. |
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| I feel like this seasons moving really quickly idk though I havent read the manga in a while, regardless this was a good episode. Great to finally see Kinji and Kirara in the anime they make a great pair ngl. Im excited to see more of Kinji he's easily one of my favourite characters in the whole story, Kirara's a awesome character too im looking forward to getting more of her too next episode. The animation for this episode was really good too especially those exchange of blows between Panda and Yuji |
| The panda scene was dry as hell just like Mai scene but somehow they decided to took their sweet time with Hakari scene lol. |
Reply to phantomfandom
I love how Harari's current girlfriend is actually a guy, is this the first time in this anime? I hope it's not the last time we see same-sex couple, I'm not pressuring you, Yuji and Megumi.
Artificial corpse is the closest thing so far to reviving dead people, at least from my standard. Other curses only deal with corpses, but not the information.
When Megumi said Yuji doesn't know the concept of lying it doesn't mean that he can't lie, he's just very bad at it. But the good news is while he's bad at verbally lying, he's very good at non-verbally lying. Take a look at his match with Panda, he completely convince anyone that this is a serious match.
Artificial corpse is the closest thing so far to reviving dead people, at least from my standard. Other curses only deal with corpses, but not the information.
When Megumi said Yuji doesn't know the concept of lying it doesn't mean that he can't lie, he's just very bad at it. But the good news is while he's bad at verbally lying, he's very good at non-verbally lying. Take a look at his match with Panda, he completely convince anyone that this is a serious match.
| @phantomfandom Well, everything points to Kirara being a trans woman, and Hakari also suggested that he's not interested in guys, so I wouldn't exactly call it a same-sex couple XD |
| One of my favorite JJK characters finally makes his debut and he shares the same VA as one of my favorite One Piece characters. Hakari is here baby! The Panda part at the beginning before the OP didn’t really hit as hard in the anime for some reason. Still sad though and I felt sorry for Panda. Yuji “vs.” Panda was cool and I like how goofy the animation was since the two of them weren’t fighting seriously lol. I really enjoyed that last scene with Yuji and Hakari, just a basic conversation scene without any changing camera angles yet it still felt immersive for the viewer. And of course things aren’t allowed to go smoothly lol so now our boy finds himself in some trouble. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
Reply to thebrentinator24
One of my favorite JJK characters finally makes his debut and he shares the same VA as one of my favorite One Piece characters. Hakari is here baby!
The Panda part at the beginning before the OP didn’t really hit as hard in the anime for some reason. Still sad though and I felt sorry for Panda. Yuji “vs.” Panda was cool and I like how goofy the animation was since the two of them weren’t fighting seriously lol.
I really enjoyed that last scene with Yuji and Hakari, just a basic conversation scene without any changing camera angles yet it still felt immersive for the viewer. And of course things aren’t allowed to go smoothly lol so now our boy finds himself in some trouble.
The Panda part at the beginning before the OP didn’t really hit as hard in the anime for some reason. Still sad though and I felt sorry for Panda. Yuji “vs.” Panda was cool and I like how goofy the animation was since the two of them weren’t fighting seriously lol.
I really enjoyed that last scene with Yuji and Hakari, just a basic conversation scene without any changing camera angles yet it still felt immersive for the viewer. And of course things aren’t allowed to go smoothly lol so now our boy finds himself in some trouble.
| @thebrentinator24 I lost it when they started talking about Gojo and after that short silence Yuji started raising his hand like "bro, wait it's not what you think". He was supposed to play dumb but not that dumb xD |
| That one take scene was brilliant! |
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| Last ep fight was way too amazing, although this one was... on another level xD "Tap" "Aaaaasaargh!!!!!" btw maybe offtop, but if anyone is missing Sukuna's voice, Buraikan dropped new song yesterday. ;D |
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| Yaga's death always hits hard, but Panda's scream got me. I was mesmerized by Hakari and Yuji's conversation by how well animated it was, it felt rotoscoped but I'm not sure? |
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| Last week Kill Bill and now Fight Club, truly cinema. Hakari being voiced by Kazuya Nakai(Zoro) got me so much more hyped for his character. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| That last scene has is fully in spite of One Punch Man. More frames than the whole season. That was a genius of cinematography and just how Hakari ignores the call but knew that something was off. Absolutely crazy how people out there can create stuff like this. It seems simple, but the nuance is soooooo good! |
"Like rowing a boat, we enter the future backwards. All we see are scenes of the past, and no one can control the views of tomorrow" - Wit Studio  |
| that last interaction between yuji and hakari was insane. holy shit. it feels 'human'... |
| Oh shit, didn’t expect to almost cry that early in the episode. “Even pandas can cry” that hit hard bro. With those clothes, Yuji and Megumi kinda resembled Naruto and Sasuke.The last whole sequence with Hakari was brutal, I loved how it was just shown from that one perspective, and that kinda animation looks so realistic it feels weird sh, I loved it. Next episode gonna be so good. |
LyanHSJan 29, 10:27 AM
Reply to Marinate1016
The itadori Panda fight was so crazy and such a departure from the more serious tone of Maki killing the Zenin lol.
The fact that Hakari x Yuji convo was one of the most well animated scenes of the entire series is insane. So much detail into the characters movements and making them feel and look real
The fact that Hakari x Yuji convo was one of the most well animated scenes of the entire series is insane. So much detail into the characters movements and making them feel and look real
| @Marinate1016 That scene was most likely rotoscoped (some correct me if I'm wrong). |
| Gosso is so locked in when it comes to non-action! The last 3 minutes being a single cut from one perspective was top tier! I'm slowly getting acclimated to the creative vision for this season. Hakari and Kirara are also great additions to the cast. |
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 Oh my god, I love this scene so much. It’s just two guys talking to each other, but it feels so alive. Holy! It’s probably fully rotoscoped, but it still looks insane as a whole scene?! They really built up the scene just to end it on a cliffhanger for the next episode. Oh my god, I can’t wait for next week. |
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| Loved the WWE episode, finale scene looked like it was straight from a bottle movie So Kirara's a crossdresser, couldn't have guessed from the first time he appeared, i wonder what's his cursed energy speciality him and Hakari and if they'll become allies in the culling game, also can't believe the director is dead, a shame the fight was skipped and i really felt bad for Panda |
| Deep dark fantasies |
| Felt like this was a disconnected episode and as expected, nowhere near the one-off episode that I actually liked for once that was the previous. I did love the direction and way the Kinji-Yuuji conversation was portrayed here in the anime by having it be one-take and just having the angle be an 'observation' angle of us viewing their meeting from a distance and seeing their subtle movements throughout to make it more real than just close-ups. Like we are the camera in that room basically. Yuuji's poor lying that was hinted at earlier came to fruition in a subtle manner during the flow of the conversation, which is a nice detail. The 'pro wrestling'-like fight with Panda and Yuuji was alright too. But the first few minutes with Yaga's passing while not bad on its own, didn't feel well placed whatsoever here and with Panda helping Yuuji as is in the meeting of Kinji Hakari in the Fight Club, it felt really awkward for me. Sure we get to know about cursed corpses through this but the placement did the actual moment not much justice, which can be reminiscent with this series in general (anime and manga). And as a whole, while the previous episode was strong on its own outside the context of the arc, not too fan of how the actual Culling Game arc has been built up so far. Feels too all over the place. Nice final few minutes but otherwise, this was meh. Not as bad as episode 3 but not great. |
| I really like the way they handled the scene between Yuji and Hakari, instead of doing a bunch of dramatic cuts between the two of them during their conversation, they decided to make it one big continuous fixed shot with a lot of emphasis on character expression through body moments which gives it a more natural and cinematic feel to it. |
enthusiastpersonJan 29, 11:00 AM
Reply to TrivialPawn96
@Jollyne7 'Hakari also suggested that he's not interested in guys'
Hakari obviously needs to come out of the closet then. Trans "women" have dicks so unless you're gonna argue that liking dick doesn't make you gay Hakari is as gay as they come lmao
Hakari obviously needs to come out of the closet then. Trans "women" have dicks so unless you're gonna argue that liking dick doesn't make you gay Hakari is as gay as they come lmao
| @TrivialPawn96 bro, Sex Reassignment Surgery exist. |
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